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| List: MassLep Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:46:26 -0400 From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MassLep] MBC -Fannie Stebbins, Longmeadow - 8/15 |
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On Saturday, August 15, members of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club were=20 joined by members of the Friends of Fannie Stebbins for a walk at Fannie=20 Stebbins=C2=A0 Memorial Wildlife Refuge in Longmeadow.=C2=A0 There were 18 = of us! We saw: Giant Swallowtail=C2=A0 2 - what a surprise!=C2=A0 one near the train track= s and=20 one at the entrance to the trail, both as we were heading out Eastern Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 4 Spicebush Swallowtail=C2=A0 6 Cabbage White=C2=A0 3 Orange Sulphur 1 Harvester=C2=A0 2 - both cooperative! Eastern Tailed-Blue 1 Eastern Comma=C2=A0 1 Appalachian Brown 3 Little Wood-Satyr=C2=A0 1 Monarch 5 Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 8 Least Skipper=C2=A0 15 Peck's Skipper=C2=A0 2 Broad-winged Skipper 1 (2 additional ones were ween on Bark Haul Road=20 pre-trip) Zabulon Skipper 15 Unfortunately, we found Spotted Lanternfly by the small pump station. We then headed over to Forest Park.=C2=A0 There was lots of damage to the= =20 recent storm - trees down, branches and trunks still to be cleaned up.=C2= =A0=20 We saw: Eastern Tiger-Swallowtail=C2=A0 1 Clouded Sulphur 1 Common Wood-Nymph=C2=A0 1 Zabulon Skipper 1 unidentified skipper 1 We also saw Spotted Lanternfly there as well. Many thanks to leader Moe O'Connor and thanks to all who joined us. Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...> --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/c05= <3a2e6-66d9-497e-83d2-192d674cec58...> |
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